Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
European Streaming Market Tops $14 Billion, Netflix, Amazon Dominate
hollywoodreporter.comEuropean consumers have gone all-in on streaming, helping to drive massive growth in video-on-demand services, which last year booked revenues of $14 billion (€11.6 billion) across 28 European countries.
That compares to just $468 million (€388.8 million) a decade ago, according to a new report released Tuesday by media think tank the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO).
The bulk of the growth came from subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, which saw revenues skyrocket from $14.6 million (€12.1 million) in 2010 to $11.7 billion (€9.7 billion) last year.
Last year saw a further surge in the SVOD business, with the launch in Europe of new streaming players, including Disney+, French group Salto, and Britbox, the SVOD joint venture.
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